kō-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Japanese

Romanization

kō-

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こう

Māori

Etymology

Related to Hawaiian ʻō- from Proto-Polynesian *koo-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoː/ [ˈkoː]

Prefix

kō-

  1. Prefix added to a number of words, often without any obvious difference in meaning between the two words.

Derived terms

Māori terms prefixed with kō-
kōhue
kōnatunatu
kōngutu
kōpere
kōripo
kōura
kōuraura
kōwhiri

Further reading

  • “kō-” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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